Keyboard control problem

[SammyG]

Hey. I've been using Hi Toro with MAX-UAE or E-UAE (I know its not updated anymore but Max seems to work better for me).

Pretty much everything works fine (except on E-UAE where the music and intro animation gets sometimes painfully choppy). My big issue is with keyboard controls:

Setting Joystick 1 to keyboard keypad gives me no directional control and no fire.

Setting Joystick 1 to keyboard cursors does give me directional control except fire works like a toggle for rapid fire instead of just fire (this is pretty terrible for games where fire is jump).

And TBHF keys or custom set ups don't work at all.

Any suggestions?

[SammyG]

Oh, and by the way. I'm on a MacBook Pro; maybe the issue is with its keyboard..? I'm not sure..

[grasstust]

I've had the same problems...

But, have you tried this:
http://www.simplyamiga.com/uae/e-uae.0.8.29-CVS.20080608.zip

This is an Intel compiled version and it seems to be listening to Hi-Toro's keyboard configurations. Maybe it's a bit better at Joystick emulation as well.

[SammyG]

Hey thanks very much! It works! I've still got my old school amiga joysticks, so I might try and get them adapted and going.

Now I just need to figure out how to make E-UAE stop running so slowly - the games are very laggy. Do you know how to get by that?

[grasstust]

Have you tried turning on the Open GL option?

Anyway, it should work full speed on your Intel Mac. You could also try turning off the sound, but as long as you run non-AGA programs, it shouldn't be necessary...

[SammyG]

Hey yeah, openGL did the trick! Thanks for all your help, grasstust!

[grasstust]

Glad to help out!

[whittaker007]

Hi guys, I'm not sure if I should start a new post, or whether to continue to use this post as a topic to address E-UAE keyboard issues in general. Anyway I've been using the March '07 version of E-UAE for a while (the "Intel-only" version crashes on launch) and since I figured out to use Hi-Toro turn on Open GL and remap the fire key it's been running great!

The one big broblem I have though is that the virtual keys sometimes get stuck. The real keys on my keyboard are fine, but in the game after I've been playing for a while (and usually at the worst possible moment) one of the keys will seem to get stuck. The character will suddenly keep moving in one direction, or jumping or whatever. Sometimes I can recover control by pressing the offending key along with other keys and release them in another sequence, but it's usually too late to avoid game doom.

This happens in any game, with my macbook keyboard or my external keyboard, in fullscreen or windowed mode. This one little niggling issue is really quite a showstopper in an otherwise wonderful retro gaming experience. Can anything be done?